Shade and curtain hanger.



? H. J. DEMPSBY.

SHADE AND CURTAIN HANGER.

APPLIOATION FILED 'SEPT,2,1909.

962, 1 321.. Patented June 21, 1910.

HENRY J. DEMPSEY, OF KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE.

.SHADE AND CURTAIN HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 2, 1909.

Patented June 21, 1910.

Serial No. 515,796.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY J. DEMPSEY, citizen of the United States, residing at Knoxville, in the county of Knox and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shade and Curtain Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention comprehends certain newand useful improvements in window fixtures, and the invention has for its object a particularly efficient shade and curtain hanger which is capable of being expeditiously applied to the window and which is also quite simple and durable and may be easily and cheaply manufactured.

With these and other objects in view that will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructions and arrangements of the parts that I shall hereinafter fully describe and then point out the novel features of in the appended claim.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation showing my improved shade and curtain hanger applied to a window casing; Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional View thereof; Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the brackets.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The invention consists essentially of two side brackets, each of which embodies an elongated base 1 that is preferably stamped from sheet metal and is offset transversely intermediate of its ends to form plates 2 and 3 lying in substantially parallel planes, and a perpendicularly disposed connecting portion 4:. The plates 2 serve as attaching plates for the bases and for this purpose are perforated, as indicated at 5, to receive nails, screws, or like fastening devices through the instrumentality of which the attaching plates are secured in substantially horizontal positions at the respective upper corners of the window casing. The plates 3 project oppositely and outwardly from the attaching plates and are spaced forwardly from the same through the medium of the offset portions, so as to overlap the customary marginal bead or molding that extends along the outer edge of the window casing.

The plate 3 is narrower than the attaching plate and has its lower edge arranged somewhat above the lower edge of the latter, as best seen in Fig. l, the connecting portion 4 being extended obliquely forwardly and downwardly below its juncture with the plate 3, to form a shade-supporting arm 6 that is apertured or otherwise suitably adapted for the reception of the gudgeon of the shade roller.

Extending perpendicularly forwardly from the plate 3 is a curtain-supporting arm 7 having an upwardly facing hook 8 to accommodate the end of the curtain pole. This arm is separate from said plate and is provided with an angularly turned flange 9 abutting the same and terminating in a flattened sleeve 10, the latter being slldably mounted on the plate 3 to afford the arm movement in the direction of the length thereof to effect the required adjustment or to entirely detach the arm. A set screw 11 works through the forward portion of the sleeve and is designed to impinge against the plate 3 to hold the curtain-supporting arm in different adjusted positions.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanying drawings it will be apparent that I have provided an improved shade and curtain hanger which may be applied to both single or double windows and is thus particularly convenient and attractive; which is light and strong; and which consists of comparatively few parts that may be readily formed from sheet metal whereby to permit the device to be easily and cheaply manufactured.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is:

In a shade and curtain hanger, a bracket comprising an elongated base offset transversely intermediate of its ends to form substantially parallel plates and an intermediate connecting portion, a shade-supporting arm extended from the connecting portion in substantially the plane thereof and adapted to receive the gudgeon of a In testimony whereof I affix my signature shade roller, a curtain-supporting arm ex: in presence of two 'witnesses. tended angularly from one ofthe-plates' and slidably connected thereto, and'means HENRY DEMPSEY' 5 for holding the curtainssu-pporting. armaini Witnesses:

different adjusted positions relative to the D. L. ScARLETT,

last named plate. J NO.'J FOGARTY. 

